Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff at her spinning wheel, June 1925. Mrs. Bludoff died in April 1926, aged 29.

Image of Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff seated in front of a spinning wheel. A Doukhobor woman stands behind Mrs. Bludoff. Loom in background.

Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff of Langham in national Doukhobor costume running her 60 year old spinning wheel which was brought from Russia at a demonstration put on by the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society at the U of S June 1925. Sask grown flax is being spun. The comb holding the fibre is wooden tooth; an iron tooth comb as is used for wool is not satisfactory with flax. The folk behind are watching the loom in operation.

Note on back of photo: "Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff at her spinning wheel, June 1925. Mrs. Bludoff died in April 1926, aged 29".

On back of photo: "Mrs. Bludoff Sr. of Veregin at her loom, weaving Sask. grown flax. The loom was brought from Russia about 25 or 26 years before. It is all handmade and crude. Hanging on the wall are a strip of plaid woollen homespun made of black sheep and white sheep wool, sent a strip of wool homespun on cotton warp to be dyed for a men's suit and next are two trips of linen. All these were woven by Mrs. Bludoff". Mrs. Kosemo Tarasoff observing.

On back of photo: "Mrs. Bludoff Sr. and Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff stringing the warp in the loom previous to the demonstration. It took the two of them almost a day to do this and the warp skein of 5 yards length had been prepared before then came. Herring-bone pattern was woven in the linen. Four treadles were used".

On back of photo: "Mrs. Bludoff Sr. of Verigin at her loom, weaving Sask. grown flour. The loom was brought from Russia about 25 or 26 years before. It is all hand made and crude. Hanging on the wall are a strip of plaid woollen homespun made of black sheep and white sheep wool, next a strip of wool homespun on a cotton loom for a man's suit, next two strips of line. All these were woven by Mrs. Bludoff. Mrs. Kosemo Tarasoff is standing.